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A god is a mythological supernatural being, worshipped by individuals and usually perceived as enormously powerful, and charged with responsibility for some or all aspects of nature or creation. Additionally, most benign gods have malign counterparts.

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Human

On Earth, gods range from those with names and specific areas of expertise to the omnipotent God of the Abrahamic faiths (Christianity, Judaism, and others), to spirits believed extant within aspects of nature (paganism of various sorts), to powerful alien beings.

The malign counterpart to the Prophets were known to the Bajorans as the Pah-wraiths. Some Bajorans believe these counterparts to be the true gods of Bajor. (DS9: "Covenant")

D'Arsay

The mythology of the D'Arsay contained an epic drama involving Masaka, a sun goddess, and Korgano, a figure implied to be a moon god. Picard's dealings with this drama imply that Masaka was seen as a malign goddess, with Korgano as the benign counterforce that kept her in check. (TNG: "Masks").

Although not explicitly stated, Picard's allusion to the two as seemingly equivalent to the sun and the moon in Earth's history indicates the likelihood that the D'Arsay are polytheistic, or believe in more than a single god, much like the ancient Egyptians of Earth.

The Edo

Klingon

The Klingons at one time had gods, but according to legend, the gods were slain by the Klingon warriors they had created (led by Kortar, the first Klingon) as "they were more trouble than they were worth." (DS9: "Homefront"; VOY: "Barge of the Dead")

Vulcan

Captain Picard once noted that, according to Vulcan mythology, the psionic resonator was destroyed by "the gods," although whether this referred to ancient Vulcans gods, or whether it was simply part of an allegorical tale is unclear. (TNG: "Gambit, Part I")

In 2237, Spock, who had time-traveled from the year 2269 to advert his own death, posed as a pilgrim traveling to a shrine dedicated to "[the Vulcan people's] gods." (TAS: "Yesteryear")

Kelemane's species

During the late 2370s, the USS Voyager became trapped in orbit around a planet, where time on the surfaces moved at an accelerated rate. Some of the planet's ancient inhabitants were able to see the starship in the sky, and began to regard it as a deity or god, even setting aside a specific fruit which was only to be offered to the new deity, which they initially called the "groundshaker." Later on in Kelemane history, after they had developed telescope technology, they discovered that the "groundshaker" was actually a vessel, which they called the "Sky Ship." (VOY: "Blink of an Eye")

Bem

The episode Bem a god like creature which appeared as rainbow lights had similar powers to the edo god. The Edo god and this creature seemed to be more powerful than the other ones listed. They seem to have the powers similar to the really, supernatural Q

In 2369, Q claimed to Picard that he was in fact God when Picard was having a near death experience after a near-fatal wounding. Despite Q's admittedly all-powerful nature within our plane of existence, Picard retorted, "No. I am not dead. Because I refuse to believe that the afterlife is run by you. The universe is not so badly designed." (Given the fact that this occurred while Picard was in a near-death state, however, it is possible that this was all a hallucination and Q never really made such a claim.) (TNG: "Tapestry") On Brax, Q was referred to as "The God of Lies". (DS9: "Q-Less")

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